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Chickity Check It! Bluenose II Current View and Relaunch Webcams Prep for Relaunch Next Saturday!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey,

The ties to Gloucester for the Bluenose II are strong and historic.  We’d appreciate it if you could post the relaunch of the Bluenose II live relaunch webcam in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.  As you probably know, the relaunch will be next Saturday morning ~7:00 EST (8:00 in NS).

The link to the live relaunch webcam is http://www.novascotiawebcams.com/south-shore/bluenose-ii-eventcam.html though it is not live yet.

The link to the Bluenose II current view is http://www.novascotiawebcams.com/south-shore/bluenose-ii.html

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Thanks so much, Margaret Jeddry

Location:

Lunenburg Shipyard, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Info:

Nova Scotia’s famous sailing ambassador is undergoing a major rebuild during 2011 & 2012 to ensure its legacy for many years to come. The project is taking place at the Lunenburg Shipyard, site of the construction of Bluenose in 1921. The public is invited to see and learn about preserving this important piece of Nova Scotia’s heritage. The work is being carried out by the Lunenburg Shipyard Alliance consisting of Snyder’s Shipyard, Covey Island Boatworks & Lunenburg Industrial Foundry & Engineering. Come visit the site until the re-launch this summer and see Nova Scotia boat-building at its best.

Related Links:

BLUENOSE II Website

Official BLUENOSE II Online Store

BLUENOSE II Photo Album

Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic

The Lunenburg Shipyard Alliance

View or Purchase Photos of Bluenose II

Destination South West Nova Scotia

Chickity Check It! The Spitfire Also Known as Jen Amero Has A Brandy New Blog- 90 Seconds and Velvet

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Check It Out Here- http://90secondsandvelvet.blogspot.com/

Jen is one of those 1%ers.  The one percent of the local population that make 90% of the cool stuff happen.  So I highl;y recommend checking out her blog because, well, she knows things.  she’s dep rooted in our community, a good egg and a positive force for fun!

Check her out, subscribe and all that stuff.

Follow her on twitter as well- @CompanyPrtyGirl

Chickity Check It! Gloucester 2.0 From Derrick Z. Jackson Boston Globe

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Gloucester 2.0

By Derrick Z. Jackson Globe Columnist  

  August 09, 2012

GLOUCESTER

This town’s last national burst of buzz came from the movie version of “The Perfect Storm,” in which desperate fishermen going farther and farther out in search of dwindling stocks of swordfish were swept into the abyss by a hurricane. You may soon hear about Gloucester again, as visionary leaders chart out what they hope is a perfect scenario of renewal. There are still hundreds of working fishermen here, but officials now talk of Gloucester becoming a cluster for a much broader “marine economy.” Picture an aquatic Silicon Valley — a center of research on the “wired ocean” and a workshop for entrepreneurs developing products based on discoveries from the deep.

Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk demonstrates how QR codes enable an interactive smartphoe tour along the city’s HarborWalk.

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Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk demonstrates how QR codes enable an interactive smartphone tour along the city’s HarborWalk.

“This is what’s happening to the city, this is where we’re going,” vows Mayor Carolyn Kirk. “Come hell or high water, we’re going there.”

Touring the city this week, there was ample evidence that Gloucester can build on its seafaring heritage, even as it seeks to develop economic niches beyond fishing.

For the entre story click here

Well Lookey Here At What Lily Linqs Made Me! You Rock Lily!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

If your company doesn’t have one of Lily’s unique and expressive authentic hand painted lobster buoy then shame on you!

Lily produces these works of art herself and there isn’t anything more expressive of local flavor than a lobster buoy painted with your logo now is there?

Check out her website www.gloucestergoods.com and order up yours like right now.

What, you’re still reading?  You mean to tell me you didn’t click on the www.gloucestergoods.com link and get to ordering your very own personalized buoy? That is totally unacceptable!! 

Thank you Lily!

Also follow her on twitter.  She’s badass.  Well badass in a pixie ingénue kinda way.  If that makes sense.  Probably not, but whatever- @lilylinqs

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Catherine Ryan Kicks The NY Times In the Nuts With Her Killer Edward Hopper Interactive Maps and Photos and Other Stuff

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

8 Slides from the NY Times vs 100 Hopper Slides from Catherine Ryan, Who Ya Got?

The NY Times Features 8 Hopper Slides Here

Catherine Ryan’s awesome Edward  Hopper Gloucester MA Website-

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Catherine Ryan’s Edward Hopper Gloucester MA Interactive GOOGLE MAP Below

Click on map for descriptions and Hopper Tour Directions/Explanations

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GOOGLE DOCS Featuring over 100 Slides

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Chickity Check It! Cape Ann Museum’s Got A Brand New Designed website

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Melissa Garabedian writes-

Hey Joey!

Congrats on being named BONS Best Blog Editors Choice and Best Blog Readers Choice – well deserved!

I’m sure you’ve probably already saw it, but Cape Ann Museum launched a new website which we are officially announcing today. The site was designed by Plein Air Interactive from Portland Maine. Plein Air specializes in creating websites for museums and cultural organizations.

The new website extends the unique and engaging Cape Ann Museum experience onto the web and social media channels. It allows people to easily be in contact with all aspects of the Museum such as how to visit, exhibitions, events, programs, research and more!

FYI – you don’t want to miss the next Music in the Courtyard series next Friday, July 27 from 4-5pm featuring Allen Estes! Allen Estes brings his unique blend of country, rock ‘n’ roll and folk to the Cape Ann Museum’s summer music series. An opening act for Bonnie Raitt, J Geils, Tim McGraw, America, Jose Feliciano, Reba McEntire, Waylon Jennings, Kenny Chesney, Tricia Yearwood and more, Allen Estes is a performer you don’t want to miss! This program is free and open to the public. In case of rain this program will be held inside the Museum.

Thanks again for your continued support and interest in the Cape Ann Museum! Talk to you soon!

Best,

Melissa

Well Looky Which Local Museum Just Stepped Into The 21st Century With A Twitter Account- Cape Ann Museum- Follow ‘Em Suckas

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a thousand times- if you have a local business or organization and you aren’t doing the social media thing- you are neglecting your business or organization.  Twitter is 140 characters for post.  Can you really not type 140 characters and hit the send button each day?  Don’t be a dope.  Get with the program.

 

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Follow them here-

https://twitter.com/#!/CapeAnnMuseum

Thanks for the heads up Johnnycakes.

Let the follows roll in.

Chickity Check It! Gloucester Fireworks Facebook Page

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Joey,
Would you be willing and able to assist us in getting the word out to MORE people? Our next fireworks show is Tuesday, July 3rd at 9:30pm. I have a link, I think will work, that you can share on your goodmorninggloucester facebook page (and/or your blog page?)
https://www.facebook.com/events/427939123912522/
Please let me know if there is anything else you would need from me.
Thank you,
Keith

Jim Teal Shares Ocean Classroom Link

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Jim Teal writes-

Of the Ardelle and the Harvey Gamage. My son Zack, worked on the building of the Ardelle with Harold and the entire team, and was the one on deck when she was launched. He is currently crew on the Ardelle as well. The tie-in with he Gamage is that Zack just returned from a High School semester at sea on the Harvey Gamage with Ocean Classroom on May 20th after sailing nearly 5000 nautical miles. If you are interested visit http://www.oceanclassroom.blogspot.com you will find blog postings about the trip along with a photo gallery of the adventure. 

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Public Toilet Seat Nest or Public Toilet Bowl Landing Pad, What Ya Got?

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

I was reading one of my favorite websites, www.barstoolsports.com a couple days ago and the genius writer David Portnoy goes on to explain how if you don’t build a nest around the toilet seat that you are deranged.  See the photo below of Mr Portnoy’s technique-

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There is being a tough guy and then there is being an idiot. Not building a force field is just plain stupid

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My theory is a bit different.  I feel that much more scary and caveman is to not build a landing pad for your turds so you don’t get that dreaded blue splash-back.

You want your poop to land gently on the pad and the half a roll of toilet paper you crumple up at the bottom of the toilet to diffuse the splash so it doesn’t come back and hit your undercarriage.  I think the splash-back is one hundred billion times more nasty than sitting on a seat that’s been cleaned several times a day.

Nothing worse than getting that blue stuff that’s all mixed up with god only knows whose poop and pee on your junk.

That’s just plain common sense and that’s why I always go with the toilet bowl landing pad over the toilet seat nest.

I go through about half a roll building my landing pads up but hey I gotta insure there’s no chance that any of that disgustingness ever comes up and splashes me.

Here’s the Joey C Patented Toilet Bowl Landing Pad Half Way Built Up-

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What Ya Got?

We Must Protect This House!!!!

Chickity Check It! The Latest Small Biz Advice From Ryan Pinkham

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Click the picture for the article about the Lobster Pool From Ryan Pinkham

and you can contact Ryan about how he can help your small business with social marketing by contacting him on twitter-

@RyanPinkham

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reportage about gloucester….published in italy in the may 2012 on "vivere club3"

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

hi,
i send you our reportage about gloucester….published in italy in the may 2012 on "vivere club3"
best regards
gianni attalmi
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  GIANNI  ATTALMI
p h o t o g r a p h e r
www.attalmi.com
www.ag-photo.it

click on the photo for the full size

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Video Interview- Meet Goetemann Artist in Residency Program Artist Of The Month Ekaterina Smirnova

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Check out her work at the Goetemann Artist in Residency Studio (GRS) at 51A Rocky Neck Avenue.

Check out her website here- www.katapostrophe.com

Chickity Check it! Sandy Leonard Snaps

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Hey, neighbor,

I have been loving your blog for so long.

Thank you.

Here’s a link to some of the Gloucester-based entries on my own blog.

http://sandyleonardsnaps.blogspot.com/search?q=gloucester

Keep up the good work.

And all best wishes from Highland Court.

-Sandy Leonard

Meet Goetemann Artist in Residency Program Artist Of The Month Ekaterina Smirnova

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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This is a sketch from a photo of  some herring she took down our dock which she will use as reference for a much larger piece she will be working on.  Look for our video interview tomorrow on these pages in which she begins her work on the larger work.

She also would like for people to pop in and check out her works in progress at the Goetemann Artist in Residency Studio (GRS) at 51A Rocky Neck Avenue

Check out her website here- www.katapostrophe.com

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From the Rocky Neck Art Colony Website

Ekaterina Smirnova, a Brooklyn based artist, started painting in a Russian art school in Siberia in 1991. Her style has been further developed at The Art Students League of NY, where Ekaterina has been a member since first moving to the United States in 2006. Watercolor, her main medium, and etchings are often exhibited at art shows around New York and the Northeast. In the past 4 years, Ekaterina has received various awards in juried shows including from The Salmagundi Club, Allied Artists of America and Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition (BWAC). Currently she is a Junior Scholar and a member of The Art Committee at The Salmagundi Club.

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About The Goetemann Artists in Residency Program from The Rocky Neck Art Colony website:

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This is the 8th year of the Goetemann Residency Program. The quality of the applications submitted continues to rise and there has been an increase in our geographical range. Applicants have come not only from the Boston area, state of MA and New England, but now there are many more national and international candidates. Choosing only 3 from this list caused us to examine more carefully candidates who best serve the colony’s interest in diversity of stylistic orientation, career level, and understanding of the mission and objectives of our community of Rocky Neck.

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Free Tickets To Friday Night’s Berklee College of Music Herb Pomeroy’s Big Band Performance “To Herb with love” (a $40 Value)

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

A random person will be selected Wednesday evening at 7:00PM.  To qualify for the contest all you need to do is to follow my twitter account- @Joey_C

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The Concert will be Friday night May 18th so you can pick up the tickets Friday morning down at the Dock

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Bowsprite and Will Represent! In NOLA

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

joey–

i hope you’re well.

christina and i explored nola last weekend, and here are some souvenir fotos for you/GMG.

cheers, will

My friends from NY represent!  Chistina (Bowsprite) I hope to see you get one of the residencies on Rocky Neck this summer.  I can only imagine what you would do with Gloucester’s boats and waterfront.

Check out her site Bowsprite

An example of some of Chistina’s working waterfront illustrations-

Uhm, something just doesn’t seem right here. Smile

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Also pictured is Will (Tugster) who is obsessed with tugboats.  Chickity Check out Will’s waterblog here

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Lots of People Walking The Boulevard- Watch On The Harborview Inn Webcam Live Now

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Click Here to Check out The Boulevard Webcam Shooting The View From The Harborview Inn and Other Gloucester Webcams Here

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You can also check out The Harborview Inn Website Here

Chickity Check It! FOB Lois McNulty’s Got A Book Out!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Carried Away- True Stories From Letter Carriers
Across America

A 128-page paperback book to celebrate letter carriers and our customers. True stories, photos of unusual mailboxes, cartoons. Also check out her blog here

SPECIAL OFFER

2 copies for $15 FREE SHIPPING!
(reguar price $11.95)
All for Charity
100% of proceeds from the sale of Carried Awayis donated to the Postal Employees’ Relief Fundwww.postalrelief.com

Chickity Check It! Former Rockport Lobster Dealer Charlie Fields Has A Blog

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Joey, I used to own the New England Lobster Company on Pigeon Cove Wharf and now spend retirement between Magnolia and Sun City West, Arizona. Every morning I get the GDT online and enjoy your blog contribution. I am not too sure how these blog sites actually work but as a sculptor and author of a memoir and four travel mysteries I am slowly learning how they can be effective in social networking. Check out my website designed by another blogger, Kathleen Valentine: www.charleslfields.com ( That’s an L in the middle)).

Charles L. Fields

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PS: What’s the price?